Combined Now Assist for Vault release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated August 11, 2026
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    Summary of Combined Now Assist for Vault Release Notes for Upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich

    This consolidated release notes document provides ServiceNow customers with a comprehensive summary of updates, new features, changes, and important upgrade guidance for Now Assist for Vault from the Yokohama release through to Zurich. It is designed to help you prepare for and understand what to expect when upgrading your Now Assist for Vault application to the Zurich release.

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    Key Features

    • Generate Custom Data Pattern (Zurich Patch 4): The generate custom data pattern skill now defaults to using the Now LLM Service as its provider, offering enhanced text-to-pattern generation capabilities. Customers have the flexibility to switch to alternative providers as needed.
    • Enhanced Data Security and Management: Now Assist for Vault enables generation of custom data patterns from text descriptions to streamline workload.
    • Role Access Monitoring: The application includes functionality to check role access for encrypted columns, helping you monitor your instance’s encryption access posture effectively.
    • Scheduled Data Discovery Jobs: You can schedule data discovery jobs to detect sensitive data, improving compliance and security visibility.

    These features can be enabled via the Now Assist Admin console with the following skills: Generate custom data pattern, Check role access for encrypted column, and Schedule Data Discovery job.

    Upgrade and Activation Information

    • Upgrade Tasks: Before upgrading to Zurich, review and complete any listed pre- and post-upgrade tasks to ensure a smooth transition. No specific changes or removals were noted between Yokohama and Zurich releases.
    • Activation: Now Assist for Vault is installed by requesting it through the ServiceNow Store. This centralized approach simplifies app management and updates.

    Other Considerations

    • No Changes, Removals, or Deprecations: There were no updates, removals, or deprecations noted for other features between Yokohama and Zurich releases.
    • Browser, Accessibility, Localization: No updates or new requirements were introduced in these areas for this upgrade.

    What to Expect

    Upgrading to Zurich will enable you to leverage the improved custom data pattern generation powered by the Now LLM Service, enhanced encryption role access monitoring, and more efficient sensitive data discovery scheduling. These improvements help streamline your data security management workflows with minimal disruption.

    Consolidated page of all release notes for Now Assist for Vault from Yokohama to Zurich.

    How to use this page

    To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Now Assist for Vault release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Zurich.

    Tip:
    If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

    Important information for upgrading Now Assist for Vault to Zurich

    Before you upgrade to Zurich, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Zurich, new features were introduced for Now Assist for Vault.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich
    Zurich Patch 4
    Generate a custom data pattern by using Now Assist for Vault
    The generate custom data pattern skill now uses the Now LLM Service as the default provider. You can switch to another provider as needed.
    Zurich release notesPreliminary release notes for Zurich Release Testing Preview (RTP)
    Using Now Assist for Vault
    The Now Assist for Vault application generates custom data patterns from text descriptions to streamline your workload, checks role access for an encrypted column to monitor your instance’s encryption access posture, and schedules data discovery jobs to detect sensitive data. Enable these skills in Now Assist Admin console:
    • Generate custom data pattern
    • Check role access for encrypted column
    • Schedule Data Discovery job

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some changes were made to existing Now Assist for Vault features.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some Now Assist for Vault features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some Now Assist for Vault features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Now Assist for Vault.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    Install Now Assist for Vault by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Now Assist for Vault we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

    If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Now Assist for Vault we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Now Assist for Vault, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Now Assist for Vault we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Now Assist for Vault we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    Zurich Patch 4 The generate custom data pattern skill now uses the Now LLM Service as the default provider. You can switch to another provider as needed.

    Zurich release notesPreliminary release notes for Zurich Release Testing Preview (RTP) The Now Assist for Vault application generates custom data patterns from text descriptions to streamline your workload, checks role access for an encrypted column to monitor your instance’s encryption access posture, and schedules data discovery jobs to detect sensitive data.

    See Now Assist for Vault for more information.